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Common Aeshna

Aeshna juncea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Status not recordeddragonflies

The common aeshna (Aeshna juncea) is a species in the family Aeshnidae, order Odonata. Recorded adults reach 8 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 2 countries: Canada and United States.

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Quick facts about the common aeshna

Weight
Not recorded
Length
6.5 cm – 8 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
freshwater, wetlandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Active
By day (diurnal)src for Active
Generations a year
One every two years or moresrc for Generations a year
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
2 countriessrc for Countries on record

How big is the common aeshna?

COMMON AESHNA · LENGTH 8 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 8 cm, the recorded maximum length of the common aeshna is about 4.7% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the common aeshna live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The common aeshna is listed for 2 countries.

CanadaUnited States of America
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Canada
  2. United States

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: WOL (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

Is the common aeshna endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the common aeshna classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderOdonata
  5. familyAeshnidae
  6. genusAeshna
  7. SpeciesAeshna juncea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Aeschna atshischgho, Aeschna crenatoides, Aeschna juncea, Aeschna juncea gomphus, Aeschna juncea subsp. angustistyla, Aeschna justi, Aeschna lapponica, Aeschna picta, Aeschna picta subsp. caucasica, Aeschna rustica, Aeshna baicalensis, Aeshna crenatoides, Aeshna juncea brachystigma, Aeshna juncea mongolica, Aeshna juncea orientalis, Aeshna juncea subsp. americana, Aeshna rustica, Aeshna undulata, Libellula juncea, Libellula ocellata

Other names and names in other languages (30)
  • Common hawkerEnglish
  • Common hawker dragonflyEnglish
  • Moorland hawkerEnglish
  • Planinski kraljBosnian
  • Espiadimonis de molleraCatalan
  • šídlo sítinovéCzech
  • Gwas Neidr GlasWelsh
  • Gwas-Neidr GlasWelsh
  • Gweision Neidr GlasWelsh
  • SivguldsmedDanish
  • Siv-mosaikguldsmedDanish
  • Torf-MosaikjungferGerman
  • Esna de turberaSpanish
  • siniukonkorentoFinnish
  • Aeschne des joncsFrench
  • tarbh-nathrach nan cuilceanScottish Gaelic
  • tairbh-nathrach nan cuilceanScottish Gaelic
  • Libeliña brañegaGalician
  • Dragone alpinoItalian
  • starrlibelleNorwegian Bokmål
  • vanlig øyenstikkerNorwegian Bokmål
  • VenglazenmakerDutch
  • storrlibelleNorwegian Nynorsk
  • Tira-olhos dos juncosPortuguese
  • lukteskážasNorthern Sami
  • Barjanska devaSlovenian
  • Barski kraljevićSerbian
  • starrmosaiksländaSwedish
  • gulbandad trollsländaSwedish
  • Sedge Darnerroot

Catalogue of LifeITISTAXREFWikidata

Relatives of the common aeshna

Other species in the same genus Aeshna.

Bog hawker

Aeshna subarctica

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the common aeshna?

An adult common aeshna measures 6.5 cm – 8 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the common aeshna live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the common aeshna for 2 countries: Canada and United States. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the common aeshna?

The common aeshna (Aeshna juncea) belongs to the family Aeshnidae in the order Odonata.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Common Aeshna (Aeshna juncea). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/common-aeshna

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{common_aeshna_2026,
  title = {Common Aeshna (Aeshna juncea)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/common-aeshna},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}